School: Grangeford, Tullow

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   The Townland of Grangeford in the Parish of Rathoe and Ballon. Barony of Carlow. There are twenty-one families in Grangeford and eighty-four people. Byrne or Nolan is the most common name in this district. The houses are mostly slated and the remainder thatched or tiled. Before Grange Bridge was built the people used to ford the river that is how Grangeford got its name. There are two people over seventy. They do not know Irish. There were three more houses in olden-times than there are now. Grangeford is mentioned in one song, "The Blooming Flower of Grange" There is good land in Grangeford. The local river is the Aghalona

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   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Meta Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Grangeford, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   Bernard Kennedy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Grangeford, Co. Carlow

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   In the townland of Johnstown and Parish of Tinryland and Bennekerry and Barony of Carlow there are seventeen families. There are about eighty people in

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